2023 Judicial Conference Program

HONORABLE RONALD SILKWORTH (S r .) CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY 8 CHURCH CIRCLE | ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401

RONALD A. SILKWORTH, Associate Judge , Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, July 15 1996 to August 27, 2019. Retired August 27, 2019. Chief Judge, 1996 to 2019. Designated Judge for Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource (ASTAR) Center Program, 2006-19. Member, Civil Law and Procedure Committee, 1996-99, 2001-04, and Mental Health, Alcoholism and Addiction Committee, 2004-14, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Business and Technology Case- Management Program Implementation Committee, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2001. Member, Specialty Courts and Dockets Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-19. Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Attended Brooklyn Park Senior High School; University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.A. (American studies), 1972. Served in U.S. Army Reserves, 1967-73. University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1976; U. S. District Court, 1976. General trial practitioner, 1976-96. Member, American Bar Association, 1976-85; Maryland State Bar Association, 1976-96; Baltimore City Bar Association, 1976-84 (public relations committee, young lawyers’ section); Anne Arundel County Bar Association, 1984- (chair, legislative committee, 1990-94). Member, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, 1977-96 (board of governors, 1984-92). Member, Congressionally Mandated National Resource Judge Program Oversight Committee, Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center (ASTAR), Inc. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2012. Plaque of Appreciation, Arundel Neighborhoods Association, 2015.

HONORABLE MICHAEL W. SIRI DISTRICT COURT IN BALTIMORE COUNTY 8914 KELSO DRIVE | ESSEX, MARYLAND 21221

MICHAEL W. SIRI, Associate Judge , District Court of Maryland, District 8, Baltimore County, since August 2, 2019. Member, Equal Justice Committee, 2020-, Judicial Council. Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Service, 2021-. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, 1975. University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (political science and criminal justice), 1997; Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland, J.D., 2001. Law clerk to Judge M. Brooke Murdock, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 2001-02. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2001; U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 2002; District of Columbia Bar, 2004; U.S. District Court for District of Columbia, 2004; U.S. Supreme Court, 2009; Virginia Bar, 2017. Associate, Robinson Woolson, P.A., 2002-04. Partner, Bowie and Jensen, LLC, 2012-19 (associate, 2004-11). Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 2001- (executive committee, 2007-08, 2017-18; board of governors, 2007-10, 2012-14, 2017-19; chair, budget and finance committee, 2017-19); Virginia Bar Association, 2001-. President, Baltimore County Bar Association, 2019-20 (executive council, 2008-); Maryland Asian-Pacific American Bar Association (board of directors, 2011-). Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 2008- (board of directors, 2009-15).

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